About Us

We are a group of community volunteers, both businesses and individuals, interested in supporting and creating community projects in the greater Canton area to promote business and social activity.

Membership is open to Canton residents, and others simply interested in supporting Focus projects.

Focus also serves as an advocate to the Town of Canton Board of Aldermen, Haywood County Commission and TDA on behalf of East Haywood County. Focus of Canton is a 501-C non profit corporation.

By the community. For the community.

We want to rebuild, reinvent, and revive our community in Canton, NC

People around the world should encourage tourism. Why? It is very simple. When a place is promoted for tourists to go, the local businesses thrive, and the tourists enjoy themselves as well.

When you buy from an independent, locally owned business, rather than a nationally owned businesses, significantly more of your money is used to make purchases from other local businesses, service providers and farms — continuing to strengthen the economic base of the community.